Re: FTP Client support with default block all

In some email I received from Amadeus Stevenson, sie wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am using a "block all" firewall which then selectively allows
> certain connections out and back in from a natted lan (ie. http, smtp
> etc.).
>
> The problem arises with FTP.
>
> I read up on Active and Passive transfers from:
> http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html
>
> I had to block ports > 1024 because of various file sharing programs
> which would use whatever ports they could to share files and suck up
> the bandwidth of the internet connection.
>
> This also blocked FTP working properly.

If you use the IPFilter proxy for all of your FTP traffic, you should
not have this problem as it will open all of the correct ports for you,
without requiring expansive rules.

Darren